Category Archives: Azure Active Directory Premium

One of the feature in Azure Active Directory is the ability to get Single Sign On (SSO) to over 2400 SaaS applications (the number application available in the market place 20141113). Last week the team release a new feature that let you managed so called “shared accounts” in a much better/easier way.

You can now add multiple accounts. For example, a marketing person might need to have access to multiple Twitter accounts

You can assign the application to a group instead of a user

Lets see how this would look like if you would like to add multiple Twitter Accounts.

Under the Active Directory section, select your directory, then select the Applications tab.

Click Add to add the first Twitter app/Account

Select “Add an application from the gallery”

Search for the Twitter app and then click Ok to select it

Click “Assign users”

Select Groups and search/look for your group, when you find the one you want to use click Assign

Select “I want to enter the credentials to be shared among all group members”

You have now successfully assigned the first account, lets add a second account

Select the Application tab and click Add

Select “Add an application from the gallery”

Search for the Twitter app and then click Ok to select it. Since this is the second Twitter app you now get the option to name the app

Click “Assign users” and repeat the steps 6-8 (except using a new group and another twitter account(

You have now successfully assign two different Twitter accounts to two different groups. Lets see how this looks like for an end user that is a member of both of the groups.

‘Sign into the My Apps web portal myapps.microsoft.com (or use the native apps for IOS or Android). You will now see both of the Twitter accounts you have permission to use. Not the if you click on them you will be redirected to Twitter without the need to add any password

To access user self service feature in Azure Active Directory Premium the user can use the web portal or the native apps. The first native app Microsoft released was for IOS but last week the team released a Android version for My Apps.

Below you see some print screens of the how they look like on different form factors and for the different platforms.